The good folks over at Youtube have uploaded the first round of this year's New Japan Cup in it's entirety in case you were looking for it. There were three very good matches on this show. Two of which I've added to the Top 25 section of the blog. The opener between Ishii & Kojima [****] was very good, the Suzuki/Nagata grudge match (starts - 1:47:40) [****] and was just as awesome as their WK7 bout & one of my personal favorite matches of the year thus far Okada/Archer (2:03:45) [****1/4] was the match of the night for me. I'm a sucker for David vs Goliath matchups and this one was unique in the fact that Okada is not a very small man. Lance Archer has come along quite nicely as a performer these past few months and Okada makes him look like an absolute monster here. He throws all of his trademark offense at him to no avail and Archer just returns fire with some brutal slams every time. Good stuff. I think this guy could be great if he's given a Mark Henry-like push at some point because the people are legit afraid of him and his moveset is unique to any other giant in the business today. The CHAOS vs. Suzukigun turf war makes anything the North American stables are doing pale in comparison. It's the best stable rivalry I've seen in ages. And it's this feud that shined in what was a very solid event overall. Be sure to order the finals at the upcoming iPPV if you enjoy what you see here.
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